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They (were one of the first?) to have those 'strakes' on the leading edge that create vortices, re-energising air flow (or something). (Then again that could just be the viggen). Maybe that the draken's wings had a larger degree of sweep on the inside than the two yards on either end, thus producing.. meh (i've run out of steam lol). Edit: oh crap, sorry Topol, missed your reply. Do I still get any kudos for my slightly more [or less] comprehensive (and generalised) answers??

Very professionally written, not a particularly 'nice' story though.. lol Not sure if you're into dark storywriting or that was just a test peice, but this reminds me of studying the early years of the Bolshevik 'revolution'. Plenty of subjects for horror there, especially so in the context of cannibalism in major cities..

“The maximum speed I achieved on the jet plane without a canopy glass was around two times greater than speed of sound. While on this speed I even managed to pull out my fingers in glove for an inch or two outside - it became heated very fast because of immense friction force plane undergoes with the air.“ LMFAO.. Who's been smoking crack.. What's the term for when a plane tears apart under the forces applied on it? Catastrophic ripping apart of the wings and structure due to uneven loads etc.. Btw, at what altitude/speed does the MiG-29 reach Mach-2? We struggle to reach 95mph with the windows open in my car, if you catch my drift..

This should be the current DCS intro-movie.

good one ;)

Not this is it?

Ahh. At least i'm not alone..

Sorry mate, only just got back to this thread. The cooler is impressive, especially combined with the cool running Dual Core. Not sure if you bought a Quad how useful any air cooling system could be. I'll admit that i'm not actually OC'ing at the moment, I knocked it down for summer and playing FF5 (my logic was why run it hot when not needed). When I feel in the mood i'll give DCS a bash again and do the obligitary OC lol. I run the fan on slowish speed (honestly I've never learnt how to run it fast.. Speedfan doesn't allow me to change the RPM and I didn't really need to), but even then it was allowing.. (hang on i'll dig out my OC'ing notes..) Right, from what I can find, with the thermaltake cooler I was running 395FSB x 1.275v giving me a stable overclock of 3.75GHz Max temp: 70deg (~43deg @ idle.) Please note this was using RealTemp to monitor - there are conflicting opinions about whether the 'temperatures' given are even accurate (due to the Intel thermometer thingybob). Near the end of my OC (after this) I started to ignore the 'temperatures' and focus on the distance to TJ Max). That was in a case with a 20cm fan on the side blowing onto the mobo. So that's not actually hugeley impressive (but it was adequate for matching my HD3850 in DCS).. At the moment at idle my CPU is running at 36degrees on both cores, in a CM-590 case with only one exhaust fan (12cm back) and one intake fan(12cm front) (plus also the Thermaltake cpu cooler fan on the cooler itself). Have you thought of watercooling? I honestly can't see much of a difference when it comes to air cooling at this level between the various competitors. :( As you've probably realised i'm not an expert but I did do a lot of research into OC'ing when I did it and can help with most questions specific to my componentry. If I have given bad advice I look forward to being corrected, the last thing I want to do is mislead you. I'll check here more often to see if there's any more specific stuff I can give you figures for. Edit: The thermaltake cooler (like many others) can be mounted facing vertical or horizontal, so you should be able to harness some of the airflow from that large exhaust fan. You'd still be better fitting a fan on it though imo, and I suppose it'd be more effective than putting the same fan as a case-fan. When I overclocked I noted that the Northbridge heatsink got quite warm on my P5K Pro, might be worth searching for on Google (I put a crap little 4cm fan on and forgot about it, heavens knows if it even needed one).

F-86 Sabre?

Haha, an AIM-154? How powerful are these compared to off-the shelf commercial fireworks mate?

What an inspiration!

There's a video of something like this on YouTube lol, mad.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire

I have the E8500 and that exact cooler (the Thermaltake). You'll need to OC the E8500 in order to run [very]reasonable graphics in DCS. I think on Medium-High I was reaching about 3.5GHz on both cores (with a 1920x1200 screen). The bottleneck on my PC was then my HD3850. Overall I had OC'd the E8500 to 3.8-4ish GHz (if I remember right) on air with that cooler. It was running in the mid/high 60's with room air temp at about 17 degrees. Obviously you want a silent PC so the faster the processor the better, but the E8400 is a very good overclocker as well - at a lower price. I don't know enough about Quad Cores to commentate on any other alternatives :)

AH-64 in Afghanistan (2004), lots of sensor imagery/clips - 'tastefully' done. Amazing image quality of some of the clips.. Seeing a man lazily walking around a DsHka in perfect image quality really brings it home.. (try and ignore the ugly hairy poison dwarf character who appears to have posted it.. lol) [may have already been posted, apologies if so]

A naval variant..?

It's all good news on the simming front lately! :)

Well you can see now why it takes 2x Vikhrs to destroy an Abrams - I had no idea they were such differing sizes! (I did about the warhead though). Sorry for derail, just gobsmacked.

Plus it sounds cooler. As if you're with Them. ;)

I had to turn that off. That's worse than lemonparty. Imagine waking up and that being at the bottom of your bed cast in the red light.. #shudders#

lol @ 1.10/2.00 - Herbie rides again..

I think you'd be forgiven mate.

I am 100% behind you and know exactly what you mean mate. As long as people distinguish the 'defference' between being there and virtually being there..

maybe try the eech forum mate?

I liked that also :thumbup: